On 24 June, USUBC, in partnership with Mercy Corps, hosted “Powering Ukraine’s Recovery: Renewables, Biofuels, Conventionals and Minerals”, exploring a broad spectrum of energy sources and the development of Ukraine’s natural resources across two panel discussions. The event opened with welcoming remarks from Irina Paliashvili, USUBC President & CEO, and Jonathan Taylor, Associate General Counsel for Private Equity & Investment Funds at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
Panel One “Leveraging Ukraine’s World Class Upstream Oil, Gas and Critical Minerals Resources and the Pivotal Impact of the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (URIF)”, moderated by Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Senior Managing Director for the Energy and Critical Minerals Practice at McLarty Associates, examined investment-readiness in Ukraine’s conventionals and mining sectors and the role of the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (URIF) in deploying equity investments. Panel Two “Bankable Energy: Opportunities in Nuclear Energy, Biofuels and Renewables” was moderated by Vicki Aken, Ukraine Country Director at Mercy Corps, and focused on investment priorities and project bankability across nuclear, biofuel, and renewable energy ventures. The event closed with a networking reception.
